Actias .de has been experiencing log in problems, so some users have been out of contact, I just read Otto's explanation on Actias. In any event- when someone offers, and then accepts money for something they don't actually have in hand, in my opinion, it's a disaster in the making. I find the idea ...

Interesting. I suppose a few generations might make it in Florida, until the cold weather that pops up now and then, killed them off,
but who knows for sure?
The beetle was dead, now, if it had been alive, that would have really been something.

So, on the way back from our last overnight trip, a semi-successful trip where the propane heater came in very handy, we stopped at a nice roadside spot where Papilios and other butterflies were patrolling the area along a little creek and tree line. I have some nice captures that might deserve some...

I've seen the "bug juice", the gummies, no. That looks like the 7-11 logo, that brings back the olden days, we don't have corporate qwiky marts where I live. I still look at the toy aisle when I go shopping though, just to satisfy curiosity, there are still nature related toys of varying q...

Perhaps, but species Latin names are the standard, I also see common names used in the classifieds a lot. I agree with Chuck, you can find anything
with that particular search engine that envelopes us all.

Kevin, where abouts do you live? Does cecropia occur in your area? I live on the Oregon coast, what I'd call central coast, in Lincoln City, it's about 90 miles west of Portland. No cecropia here, we have only 5 Saturniidae, at the most, A. polyphemus, Coloradia pandora, Saturnia mendicino, Hyaloph...

I'd give anything a try with cecropia, I've raised them on peach, they did mature, albeit a bit small, and only one made the classic "double bag"
cocoon, but it did produce an adult.

A lumberjack I met at a campground near Bolan Lake in Josephine Co., Oregon in 1979 told me he had seen a bigfoot a few times in his life! :o Kuni As interesting as stories can get, I dismiss the existence of Bigfoot, with the amount of time my parents have spent in the woods cutting firewood, and ...

Thanks for the explanations, what I'm most excited about are my new skills with photos and the forum. Another year or 2 and I'll cut my time in half:)

Bioquip's disposition was a popular thread a few months ago, I think if you do a search in the old forum archives, you might find some
suggestions about where to get supplies.

I think species might wax and wane from varying things like the weather the previous year, or habitat changes. When I go out and use my UV light, it's always a crap shoot, it does matter if you know where you're going, and what you've found before, if you've been to that particular location. I find ...

Coincidentally, I have been thinking about the same or very similar question. I rear Saturniid moths and for some time now I have suspected that a female Saturniid's first-laid eggs tend to produce caterpillars that grow better or that are perhaps bigger or more robust than the caterpillars that co...

Has anyone ever noticed if ova laid at the end of a female moth or butterfly's life have a lesser chance of being fertile than ova laid just after pairing, or simply a day or two before the animal expires? I'm not sure if I worded that correctly, but you get the idea- are eggs laid just before death...

]I just took an overnight trip to Jefferson county in Oregon, at Jack Creek Campground, nestled in the ponderosa trees. Near our campsite was a suspected bigfoot lean to, made from tree limbs and ponderosa bark, the structure was purpose built, by whom or what, I cannot say, but I was reminded of th...

I've noticed larva getting into arguments before, typically larva in the wild have a lot more space to work with than we give them.

Now that my brain is numb, I can skip today's medication.

super glue would probably work as well, I think it's used on human skin. You just need a non toxic glue that you can apply with precision.

I'll just take your explanation at face value, I don't use wikipedia because of their relentless requests for donations every time I would use
the site. Donate one or two times and you're marked for life.

Now I'm a I star junior member? Well, I was a little uncomfortable having those 5 stars next to my name...I don't rate 5 stars here, not simply for making a donation each year. Funny, we've all had to rejoin at least twice now and get a new joining date. And it took a lot longer than 10 seconds to r...

Ok,
now I see the spam bots, and that's all I see, I see no intelligence or purpose, other than to insult our collective IQ. Am I supposed to click
on these "links"?, I'm not seeing that happen anytime soon.